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We will be returning to Providence Plantation on Sunday 19th February. The plan is to finish preparing the butterfly glade to be seeded with wildflowers in April. This will involve some dead hedging, root removal, and possibly scrub bashing if there are enough of us.

If you wouldd like to come, please email Ollie by 7:30pm on Wednesday 15th February.

We will be leaving Bristol at around 9:45am, returning at around 4-5pm and possibly going to the pub afterwards.

To start the term off we will be going back to the university’s own woodland, Providence Plantation, on Sunday 5th February. We will be doing some more scrub bashing, path clearance and hopefully some dead hedging to mark out the paths more clearly.

If you would like to come, please email Ollie by 5pm on Thursday 2nd February. You will need money for a ticket if you are traveling by bus.

We will be leaving Bristol at 10:35am from the bus station and returning at around 4-5pm and possibly heading to the pub.

Saturday 10th December will be the last trip of the term when we will be hedge-laying with the Avon Wildlife Trust (AWT) on one of their reserves near Bath. This involves cutting, bending and weaving live plants into a robust, living barrier.

Joe of the AWT has kindly offered to drive us there in their minibus. If you are willing to drive you car we can take more of us.

We’ll be leaving Bristol at 9:30am and returning around 3:30-4:00pm. If you’d like to come, please email Ollie by 7:30pm on Wednesday 7th December.

We are going to Providence Plantation on Sunday 27th November. This will be the inuagral trip for our new Providence Plantation officer, Louise. We will be doing some more scrub bashing, path clearance and perhaps some dead hedging to mark out the paths more clearly. We will leave Bristol at around 9:30am and returning at around 4-5pm perhaps with a visit to a pub afterwards.

If you would like to go please email Ollie by 5pm on Thursday 24th November.

The reserve is run and lived on by Trevor and Annette, who have plenty of wildlife wisdom to share – also Annette is a fantastic cook who kindly makes us lunch each day. We’ll be staying at the Village Hall overnight and got to a local pub for dinner on Saturday evening.

The cost of the trip will be £15, which is subsidised by the society and includes travel, accommodation, breakfast, lunch and snacks (though this will not include the the pub food, so remember to take money for that as well).

This trip is always one of the highlights of the year. If you’d like to come please email Ollie by 11pm onSunday 6th November.

On Sunday 2nd and 9th October we will be having free taster trips to Providence Plantation. Providence Plantation is a piece of University-owned woodland by Long Ashton that BUCG helps manage. We will be cutting back brambles to keep pathways and butterfly glades clear.

You do not have to be a member to come along and the bus fair will be subsidised. Places are limited to if you do want to come along please email Ollie by 12pm on Wednesday 28th September.

On Wednesday 8th June will be our first trip with the new committee and the last of the new term. We will be working with the Avon Wildlife Trust on one of their, as yet unconfirmed, sites. We will be meet at the AWT offices on Jacob’s Wells Road at 9:45am and travelling by minibus and probably back in Bristol by around 4pm.

This is a great chance to get outdoors and have some fun after the stress of exams. If you would like to go please email Ollie, our new president, by 5pm on Sunday 5th June as places are limited.

On Sunday 24th April, for our last trip before the AGM, we are going back to Providence Plantation in Long Ashton. We we will be doing some maintenance work before the summer, like cutting back brambles. This a great excuse to go to the woods before the exam season.

We’ll be getting the 10:35am X9 from Bristol Bus Station, and will aim to be back in Bristol around 5pm (although of course you can get the bus back at any time during the day).

If you’d like to come along please email Emily by 5pm on Thursday 21st.

On Sunday 28th February we will be working with Bristol City Council and a group of climbers with some clearance work in the Avon Gorge. The aim is to preserve an area of grassland along the base of the Gorge.

If you would like to come along please email Emily by 5pm on Wednesday 24th February.